Waterfield Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Crawley (West Sussex).
Location
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Waterfield Primary School is a caring two-form entry primary school. We pride ourselves on providing your children with a unique, ambitious primary curriculum that will enable all children to acquire the skills they require to succeed in the next steps of their education and beyond.
Working collaboratively with The Collegiate Trust we aim to deliver 'Exceptional Education for All' , through every member of our school community 'Aiming High and Achieving their Best '.
We pride ourselves in welcoming children to begin their seven-year learning journey in Nursery (in which we offer both 15 and 30-hour places) and Reception, forming close bonds with both the children and parents/carers.
Children continue through our Lower and Upper School experiencing memorable learning experiences that build from learning about our locality and community to broadening their understanding of the global, inclusive and advancing world in which we all live in today.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
13 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Sports Sports Grant
- Community Garden
- Early Reading – Phonics
- New Reading Eggs Guide
- Spelling Grammar
- Lower School Reading Spine
- Upper School Reading Spine
- Reading Vipers
- Accelerated Reader Programme
- Humanities at Waterfield
- Religious Education
- Accelerated Reader
- Reading Spine
Key facts
- URN
- 145544
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2018
Governing body (9 current, 4 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sally Collett | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Sarah-Jane Higson Former | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kate Sellers | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Ms Claire Arnold-Fletcher | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Jake Devine | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Miss Karen Billington | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sarah Church Confirmed same person | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2024 | |
| Mr Jason Vine | Local Governor | Appointed by LA | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Dr Thomas Harriott | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Sarah-Jane Higson | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sally Collett Former | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr James Purveur Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Claire Arnold-Fletcher Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record